Ice or water bag.



No. 680,610. Patented Aug. l3, l90l.

6. W. MEINECKE.

ICE 08 WATER BAG.

(Application filed Feb. 12, 1901.)

(No Model.)

ATTORNEYS Uwrrnn 'rnrns CHRISTIAN VILLIAM MEINEOKE, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR T-O MEINEOKE &: 00., OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ICE OR WATER BAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 680,610, dated August 13, 1901.

Application filed February 12, 1901. Serial No. 47,028. (No model.)

T at whom i may concern: a modified form of bag. Fig. 7 shows a se- Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN WILLIAM rles of plaits or side creases. MEINEOKE,ac-itizen of the United States, re- In the drawings the bag or reservoir is siding at Jersey City, in the county of Hudshown composed of face-pieces a and b and 5.5. son and State of New Jersey, have invented side 0, folded or plaited to form a crease, as

new and useful Improvements in Bags, of seen at d. This fold is extended continuwhich the following is a specification. ously entirely about the bag, so as to form a This invention relates to an improvement continuous circumferential plait or crease.

in ice or water bags, whereby said bag is made In practiceit has been found that the creased 6o 10 capacious for practica use and in which the side 0 is satisfactorily formed by two annuice will be equally distributed all over the lar pieces of material cemented or secured to bag and close up to the edges or sides of the one another about their inner edges or cirbag and whereby the bag when filled with ice cumference, the outer edges of the upper and or water is substantially fiat or concave on lower ring or annulus being respectively 65 the bottom, thus presenting the greatest poscemented or fastened to the circumference of sible surface of the bag against the body of the upper and lower faces aand b. An openthe user. ing and closing crease is thus obtained which Heretofore ice-bags have been constructed can be compared to the opening and closing with thin or taper edges and when such bags crease of an accordion. 7o are filled with ice or Water the bottom there- In speaking of the side pieces 0 as annuof becomes convex and the edges turn uplar it is of course manifest that neither the ward, so that when the bag is applied to the outline nor the hole need necessarily be a cirbody of the user such bags have a very limole, since other shapes have been made. An ited contact with. the body, which detracts oblong as well as a circular bag is shown in 75. largely from their efficiency. The objections the drawings, and rectilinear, polygonal, or mentioned are overcome and the full benefit other shapes besides a circular shape can be of the ice or water bag is secured according adopted. It may be noted, however, that a to this invention by providing means wherecircular outline or a bag of disk or target like by the edges or sides of the bag can be disappearance is readily made and is capable of 80 o tended in accordion shape by having a plaitsatisfactory use or application and is also ed edge or side, and when ice or water is considered by some to possess a neat or atplaced into the bag the plaits distend, sepatractive appearance. Such details, however, rating the top and bottom of the bag and perdo not affect the invention. mitting an equal amount of ice or water to The faces a b are readily made fiat or cut 85 3 5 extend close up to the edge or side of the bag, from a suitable sheet of material,and an openthereby giving the bottom of the bag substaning or mouth 6 in one of the faces gives actially a fiat or concave surface. cess to the interior, as for charging or empty- This invention consists in providing such ing the bag. This opening is preferably in a bag with an inward fold at the edge all the center of the face or bag. The crease, as 90 around the bag, so that when the bagis filled shown, is made to fold or extend inward, so

the folded parts open to form the sides of the that on emptying the bag and the faces apbag. proaching one another the edge 01 extends in- This invention is set forth in the following ward or into the periphery or outline of the specification andclaim and illustrated in the bag. The latter is thus allowed to flatten 5 annexed drawings, in which when empty, and the sides can be pressed Figure l is a plan View of a bag or cushclose to or into contact with one another. ion. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of A handle or projection or a number of hanthe bag expanded or filled. Fig. 3 shows a dlcs can be provided. Two handles or tabsf sectional view of a handle. Fig. 4 is a view are shown. The handle is so arranged as not I00 like Fig. 2 enlarged. Fig. 5 shows the bag colto interfere with the opening of the plait. By lapsed or flat as when empty. Fig. 6 shows securing the handle to one side of the bag only the other side or the crease d is left free to open or spread at the handle as well as at other points so that the bag can be thoroughly or satisfactorily charged or filled. The bag when used for ice allows the latter to be spread uniformly over the bottom or face I), so as to reach to its edge or circumference at the point of attachment of the handle as well as elsewhere, the crease being free to open equally all about the bag. The handle can be readily secured or cemented to the edge of the bottom I) or to the edges of such bottom and of the lower plait-section or ring 0 by an ear or earsf. The car at the plait-section not being extended to or beyond crease d will not prevent the bag from flattening or collapsing when empty.

The bag can be applied to anydesired part of a patients or users body or tied by a band or fastenings connected to the handles. Say the bag is applied to a certain part, as the head, the lower face is free to apply itself or conform to the curvature or shape of the contacting part, and the upper face ct is free to spread or curve away from the bottom or assume such bulge or shape as required by the contents.

The bag is of the kind generally known in the trade as ice-bag, but of course can be used for such content-s as may be serviceahle-say hot or cold water or the like. The handle is shown in form of a ring or eyelet, which is flat to avoid bulkiness and also forms a suitable attachment, as for a string or tape or for suspending the bag or reservoir.

In speaking of a fold or plait it is to be noted that a single crease d has been found serviceable and simple; but of course a number of creases or plaits can be applied. In

Fig. 7 are shown a number of rings or side pieces.

By attaching the handle tab or car only to the bottom of the bag or to the lower part of the bag and the lower part of the plait, as shown in Fig. 3, and not securing it to the top or upper part of the bag all pressure by the contents of the bag against the body of the user of the bag is avoided when the bag is tied down or secured to the usersbody by means of a tape or bandage secured or attached to the ears or tabs of the bag. The side pieces and faces can be cemented or secured or lapped directly to one another, as seen in Fig. 3, or connected by lapping or fastening strips, as seen in Fig. -7. The mouth can be closed bya screw-stopper or anysuitable closure.

WVhen the bag is applied to the head or other convex portion of the body, the bottom thereof will assume a concave shape throughout to conform to the'shape of the part to which the bag is appliedthat is to say, there will be no bulging or rising of the bottom of the bag at the edges thereof, but said bottom will lie in close contact with the portion of the body to which it is applied throughout its ed and centrally and inwardly folding side wall extending entirely around the edge of the bag, one of said faces being provided at I its center with a filling-orifice, and laterallyprojecting tabs secured to said bag, all con.- structed and arranged substantially as and for the purposes specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHRISTIAN WILLIAM MEINEOKE.

\Vitnesses:

DANIEL HOGAN, E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

